Nehru recollected in Tagore’s centenary year that he had requested the latter, a little before his death, to compose a national anthem for a new India. The poet had partly agreed. What is very significant about this request and the response is that neither Nehru nor Tagore had thought of “Jana Gana Mana” as the national anthem. Nehru recollected very explicitly that when he had requested Tagore, he did not have “Jana Gana Mana” in mind. He was obviously thinking of a new song. So was Tagore, since he did not suggest “Jana Gana Mana”. It would not be entirely...
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